Greg Stuecheli, CFA® – Founding Partner
Mr. Stuecheli co-founded Mockingbird Credit Partners, LLC to invest in senior secured corporate loans throughout the credit cycle. He is responsible for developing and executing Mockingbird’s trading and investment initiatives. Mr. Stuecheli has over 15 years of experience in the credit and equity markets.
He most recently managed over $1.5 billion in assets for Highland Funds, including senior secured corporate loans, high yield corporate bonds, and structured products. He was the designated Portfolio Manager for Highland Floating Rate Opportunities Fund (an open-end mutual fund invested predominantly in senior secured corporate loans), and Nexpoint Credit Strategies Fund (a closed end fund invested in senior secured corporate loans, structured products, high-yield bonds and equity).
Prior to his role at Highland Funds, Mr. Stuecheli was a Partner and Portfolio Manager at Highland Capital where he managed senior secured corporate loans, distressed credit, high-yield bonds and special situations. He recently served on the board of directors of CCS Medical Holding, Inc., EBM Holdco, LLC, LLV Holdco, LLC (as Chairman) and Safety-Kleen Holdco, Inc. Prior to joining Highland in June 2002, Mr. Stuecheli served as an analyst for Gryphon Management Partners, L.P. (from 2000 — 2002) where his primary responsibilities included researching long and short investments. Mr. Stuecheli was a Summer Associate with Hicks, Muse, Tate, & Furst (in 1999). Mr. Stuecheli began his career as a chemical engineer at Jacobs Engineering Group and Cytec Industries (from 1995 — 1998). He received an MBA from Southern Methodist University and a BS in Chemical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and is a CFA® charterholder.
Michael A. Hasenauer, CFA® – Founding Partner
Mr. Hasenauer co-founded Mockingbird Credit Partners, LLC to invest in senior secured corporate loans throughout the credit cycle. He is responsible for developing and executing Mockingbird’s trading and investment initiatives. Mr. Hasenauer has over 10 years of experience in the credit and equity markets.
Prior to co-founding Mockingbird, he was a Director at Highland Funds, where he was responsible for investing senior secured corporate loans, distressed credit, and high yield corporate bonds for Highland Floating Rate Opportunities Fund (an open-end mutual fund invested predominantly in senior secured corporate loans), and Nexpoint Credit Strategies Fund (a closed end fund invested in senior secured corporate loans, structured products, high-yield bonds and equity).
Prior to his role at Highland Funds, Mr. Hasenauer was a Senior Analyst at Highland Capital where he generated investment ideas for Highland’s hedge fund, CLO, mutual fund and separately managed account platforms. He recently served on the board of directors of CCS Medical Holding, Inc. Prior to joining Highland in 2005, Mr. Hasenauer was as an analyst in the Capital Markets group at Merrill Lynch & Co (from 2003 — 2005). Mr. Hasenauer graduated magna cum laude with a B.A. in economics from Connecticut College and is a CFA® charterholder. He was a four-year Letterman on both the Men’s Varsity Ice Hockey and Lacrosse teams, voted Captain of the lacrosse team for his senior season and was named to the Academic All-America team in 2003.